Terret fastener



Nov. 11", 1924. 1,515,033

c. H. @RINGS TERRET FASTENER Filed July 16. 1923 Mayall/IH wuentoz Patented Nov. 11, 1924,

UNITED. STATES vPMI-:NT N OFFICE.

CASPER HUGO G'RINGS, or WATERLOO, IOWA, Assis-NOR r.ro WATERLOO sADnLERY COMPANY, or WATERLOO, IOWA.

FERRET FASTENER.

Application filed July 1G, 1923.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CASPER HUGO GRINGS, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident o-f Waterloo, Blackhawk County, Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Terret .Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to terret fasteners,

and the object ofy my improvement is to provide an improved anchoring fastening means for a terret, which will be suliicient to mount it securely in place and prevent its escape from its supporting means.

This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of a terret secured upon its underlying sup-porting elements by my improved fastening means, said elements and said fastening means being shown in longitudinal section, and part of the terret being broken away. Fig. 2 is an elevation of said terret as demounted, with its basal portion broken away. Fig. 3 is a medial longitudinal section of the flanged anchoring plate. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively an elevation and a perspective view of the screw-plate, and Fig. 6 is an under plan of said anchoring plate.

rMy improved fastening means are applicable not only to terrets or rein-guides for flexible pads or harness-saddles, but may usefully be applied to secure other like devices in place, preventing the different stresses thereon from working the devices loose, or separating them from their seat-s.

I have not shown a completeharness pad, butin Fig. 1 have indicated in section the respective superposed layers of suchL a flee:- ible pad, wherein the lowermost is a relatively thick soft iece of felt 14 overlaid by a cover 12 of eather, with a longitudinally disposed leather strap mounted upon said cover.

7 is a relatively large elliptical marginally beaded anchoring plate positioned between the felt layer 14 and the leather cover 12, with its upturned marginal flange or bead edge 8 engaging the under face of the cover and pressed thereinto by the secur- Serial No. 651,947.

ing means to be described, so as to be prevented from turning or displacement relative thereto.

5 is a small oblong plate having a threaded central stud or screw 4.

The anchoring plate 7 has acentral hole 10 traversed by said stud 4, and the stud 4 thence extends upwardly through registering holes in the cover 12 and the strap 13 and into and in mesh with the interiorly threaded socket 3 in the diminished basal stem 2 of the terret ring `1.

The studeplate 5 has at opposite ends small holes 6 which may register with any parts of the diametral slots 11 extending Oppositely from the central hole y10 in the plate 7, so that tacks may be driven therethrough into the layers 12 and 13 to secure the plates 7 and 5 in place. Other small holes 9 are provided in opposite parts of the plate 7 to receivesimilar tacks driven also into one or more of said layers.

Before said tacks are driven, the terretJ 1 is tightly compressed at its base upon the strap 18 by turning it upon the threaded stud 4.

When a stud-plate 5-4 alone is used to secure a terret 1 upon such a flexible pad, as the plate 5 is small, the torsional and other stresses upon the ring 1 rock the plate 5 from side to side, and this eventually enlarges the openings in the parts 12 and 13, so that the terret is loosened and may escape by pulling the plate 5 through sesy the stretched and weakened layers and the widened openings therein. My anchoring plate 7 engages the under surface of the yielding leather cover 12 all around by its upturned beaded edge, as the latter projects above the upper face of said plate '7. This prevents turning of the plate 7, and locks the stud-plate 5 securely against any stresses brought against it so that the terret 1 cannot be displaced thereby.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In combination, a terret having a hollow interiorly-threaded shank, a threaded bolt fitting said hollow threaded shank adjustin ly and having a relatively wide tabular he d, a relatively larger tabular plate having an opening to receive said bolt and having circumferential engaging-means projecting oppositely from the said bolthead,pto indentingly engagea tabular body 5 of yielding material which may be positioned between it and the shank of said Kterret, said tabular plate and Said tabular bolt-head having openings for registration, and fastening-devices to traverse the registering openings and to penetrate said yield- 10 .ing tabular body to secure them together. Signed at Waterloo', Iowa7 this 15th day of June, 1923.

Y CASPER HUGO GRINGS. 

